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Independent Bookstore Day Is This Saturday!

“Consumers control the marketplace by deciding where to spend their money. If what a bookstore offers matters to you, then shop at a bookstore. If you feel that the experience of reading a book is valuable, then read the book. This is how we change the world: we grab hold of it. We change ourselves.”

―Ann Patchett, bestselling author and co-owner of Parnassus Books

Independent Bookstore Day is a one-day national party that takes place at indie bookstores across the country on the last Saturday in April. Every store is unique and independent, and every party is different. In addition to authors, live music, food, scavenger hunts, kids events, contests, and other fun stuff, there are exclusive books and literary items that you can only get on that day. Not before. Not after. Not online. Check out our Facebook photo album featuring just a few of the remarkably cool items that will be available exclusively on Independent Bookstore Day.

Great, you say, a nationwide celebration any bookworm can get behind. But let’s get local. Why should you make the effort to come by Island Books this Saturday? ... continued